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Obesity Penn Research

Penn research signals progress toward future anti-obesity drugs

Philly's soda tax having little effect on consumption habits, Drexel study finds

Philly Soda Tax Consumption Study Drexel

Minority patients benefit from having minority doctors, but that's a hard match to make

Minority doctor-patient relationship

Struggling to eliminate the sweets? Try getting some more sleep

Poor sleep leads to overeating

Insulin costs far less on Craigslist – but it's a risky purchase for diabetics, health experts say

Medtronic recalling 322,000 defective insulin pumps

Medtronic Insulin Pump recall diabetes

Use it or lose it: How physical activity strengthens heart health

Heart benefits of aerobic exercise

Recurrent miscarriages could be treated by a type 2 diabetes medication, study says

Recurrent miscarriages treatment

Hate exercise? Small increases in physical activity can make a big difference

Exercise Tips New Year's Resolutions

Children's Health

Fewer U.S. kids are drinking soda and other sweetened drinks

Soda consumption children

How to measure your body mass index – and what it means for your health

Obesity Body Mass Index scores

More Americans are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at younger ages

Women with diabetes are less likely to get cancer screenings, study finds

Women with diabetes are less likely to get screened for cancer

Getting enough sleep is crucial to people with chronic diseases

Sleep deprivation and chronic diseases

Children's Health

More research shows benefits of bariatric surgery for obese teens with type 2 diabetes

Bariatric diabetes

Diabetes drug found to reduce symptoms of nicotine withdrawal

The top 5 millennial health issues – and what to do about them

Millennial Health Issues

Jefferson Health, MANNA team up to deliver meals to diabetics

MANNA diabetics meals

Millions of diabetes patients are missing out on Medicare’s nutrition help

Ergonomics 101: How to avoid fatigue with a desk job

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Health Insurance

Type 1 diabetics decry rising costs of life-saving insulin

Diabetes Forum Insulin Costs

Free health screenings for Camden residents in September

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Mediterranean diet may be antidote to unhealthy weight gain, gestational diabetes in pregnant women

Mediterranean diet pregnancy

Alternative Medicine

Color-changing tattoos may help diabetes patients monitor their levels

color changing tattoo diabetes monitor

Children's Health

Philly rolls out 'I Call the Snacks' campaign targeting sugary foods

Call The Snacks Philly

Sugar substitutes: Is one better or worse for diabetes? For weight loss? An expert explains

Apple's high-tech blood glucose monitors are slowly hitting store shelves

apple one drop diabetes

Coffee proves to be a fat-burning, obesity-fighting beverage in 'pioneering' study

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Does rotavirus vaccine lower risk of children getting Type 1 diabetes?

Men have a ticking biological clock, too

Having migraines might protect you from Type 2 diabetes, study finds

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Is insulin’s high cost keeping diabetes patients from taking their medicine?

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Behavioral health issues drive gender gap among millennials

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Type-2 diabetes before age 40 carries excess risk of death, especially for women

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Health Insurance

Cigna and Express Scripts to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs

Eli Lilly’s half-price insulin: How much difference will it make?

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Type 2 diabetes: can it be predicted by a genetic test?

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Diabulimia is a serious eating disorder that most people have never heard of

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Snail venom boasts potentially blood-sugar balancing qualities to treat Type 1 diabetes, study suggests

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Alternative Medicine

Major breakthrough in search for cure of Type 1 diabetes, researchers say

Doctor takes a patient's blood pressure

These personality traits in women allude to risk of type 2 diabetes, study finds

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Doctors remove a 70-pound tumor from man who thought he had a 'beer belly'

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New study finds soda more likely to cause diabetes than other sweets

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